The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-23

room No So and that Coy had paper in his
hand that looked about as long tally -sheer.
Henry Bottom, colored man, was called He
is a spittoon cleaner and worker at the court
house He testified as to the condition of the
curtains on the door of Room 90, court house
He said that some threads were drawn or pulled
out and that portion of the room could be
seen through the curtains
Cross-examined by Mr.. Brown-That sort of
public room, was it nots
A-No sir.
Q-Didn't Mr. Coy often get the key of you to go
in that rooms
A.-No, sir; nobody ever got that key of me.
Q.-You sure he never got it of you that day.
A.-Yes, sir, am
Dr. Theodore a. Wagner was called. He tes-
tilted that he resided in Indianapolis. Is ply
stefan and surgeon. coroner of Marion county,
and was present at the canvassing boards SEES
sion.
Question-Were You present at night9
Answer-Yes, sir that is the only time was pres
ent went there after z o'clock and remained until
q O'Clock in the morning, with the exception of
Span and air Coy go into Room 50 about half-pas.
L o'clock at night may be a little later.
Al Is saw them go into the room and Nv. I went up
light in the room and passed around the stairway
and from there quietly STEPPED up IL my stocking feet
to the door and looked through the curtain into the
center. AT that table was Coy sitting, his
with something in front him. What he
was doing could not tell I remained there Prob
attention of several gentlemen to the fact that they
We're IN the room Mr.. Wilkins. ce the journal was
one L don t think spoke directly to M. Dennis. OF
the Journal but spoke in his presence and called
attention to the fact they in the room and to
look out for the next precinct
Mr.. Brown-Well, never 1nind about that. Laugh
ter.
The witness narrated the scenes attending
that night session of the board. his testimony
corresponding with that of other witnesses on
the same matter. He further described the APP
pearance of Room 50 as he saw it through the
in al hal Gov sd
about the size of tally sheet before him. of
which he could see the corners turned up and a
part of the edge Mr. Span had pamphlet IN
his hand
Mr.. Brown-You don't think those gentlemen
were in there examining that pamphlet about the
Witness-They were not looking at the pamphlet
when i saw them.
Question-You looked in eave-dropped to find
out what was going on
Answer-Yes, sir; that's it exactly.
Charles Dennis. a reporter for the Indianapo
lis Journal, testified that 1t about o'clock
in the morning of Friday, that he went from the
Journal office to the Circuit Court room where
the canvass was IN progress. Soon after that
he got up to the head of the stairs, and at the
door coming into the anteroom of the Circuit
Court room, Mr.. Wilkins, also of the Journal,
spoke to him and said that something was going
Il think, said the witness, that about
that time Dr. Wagner had spoken to him, and
heard what DR.. Wagner said-that somebody
was In Room 50. He mentioned the names of
Coy and Span. | walked along with Mr..
the door, Mr.. Wilkins wanted to
walk on thought | would try TO
more slowly. The hall is tiled, and persons
walking along there make great deal of noise
and was afraid to stop for fear l would De
caught peepine through the curtains. SO merely
glanced at the curtain and went After [
had passed and mad gone further in the
court house. standing in the shadow the door
opened suddenly and Mr.. Coy looked out.
l think he looked first toward the east, where
we were, and then he looked in the other direc
ton, toward the west and Immediately put his
head in again and the door closed. W then
started-Mr. Wilkins and myself-to walk back
toward the Circuit Court We passed
this door again and had gone a few steps past
when Mr.. Span came out and he was followed
few steps behind by Mr.. Coy We stopped
those gentlemen came up. Mr.. Coy and my
self passed few remarks and l was under
the impression that something wrong was going
l said to Mr.. Coy that he might consider
himself smart, something of that kind, and
called his attention to the fact that Mr..
Mackin, of Chicago, in the Joliet peni-
Tertiary and that some gentlemen in Cincin-
natl in trouble and lntimated that he
might profit by their example-or something
of that kind-and / said 1t could not be long
before We had him swept up in dust pan.
He said. oh. it's good while it lasts That
Is about all there was in the way of CONVERSE
ton, between Mr.. Coy and myself"
Charles j. Many township trustee. who wasF
an inspector and helped Bernhamer in the
vass of the vote, testified. His testimony
cred about the same points those gwen in Mr..
Eiam's testimony and that of Mr.. Morrison and
Mr.. Griffith.
Austin f. Bradley testified to acquaintance
with John H. Counselman and said that at 10
o'clock on the night of THURSDAY Nov. 4. 1856,
during the canvass, be, with William Cook and
William H. Nickersor, went across Delaware
street to Shearer's saloon and got a drink.
Counselmanhad his tally papers with him then
and said he had presented them to Bernhamer,
but they didn't suit him. Cook said they were
going fix them up and whack.
The testimony of VIM. H. Nckerson in
the same line. He said that Counselman said
Pm going to fix Them" and Cook said, fix them
up and we'll whack up"
Court then adjourned until 9 o'clock this
morning. Tho prosecution expect to complete
the examination of their witnesses this fore
noon.